MMA News wrap-up: UFC Kansas City fallout, Dricus du Plessis silences the trolls, more

UFC Kansas City had no scarcity of storylines, with Ian Machado Garry triumphant, Anthony Smith retired, and several other names making the most of the possibility to impress outdoors of the cozy confines of the APEX.

Garry bounced again from a aggressive loss to the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov, however not everybody was impressed with how he pulled off the win. After popping out robust within the first three rounds and controlling the motion towards a struggling Carlos Prates, “The Future” bumped into hassle on the finish of Spherical 4. Prates’ extremely vaunted knockout energy lastly emerged and he put a scare in Garry, which led to him pouring it on within the fifth spherical and seemingly being moments away from a end.

With 30 seconds remaining, Garry held on for the win—or Prates let him off the hook—to maintain his championship hopes alive. In response to UFC CEO Dana White, the promotion has officially designated Garry as the backup for the upcoming UFC 315 welterweight title predominant occasion between champion Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena. However if our reader reaction is any indication, followers aren’t bought on Garry reaching for gold simply but.

Take a look at the most effective responses to UFC Kansas Metropolis and the remainder of the week’s largest tales beneath.

Dricus du Plessis releases statement on injury rumors, fight announcement

We by no means reported it, however there have been lots of of us spreading the information that Dricus du Plessis was not solely unavailable to defend his middleweight title towards Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 317, he may not combat till 2026.

DDP wrote a publish telling everybody to chop it with the pretend information and it was well-received.

Chael Sonnen: Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall ‘is agreed, all the way down to the date’

However then…

Chael Sonnen shoots down own Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall report, claims Aspinall opponent booked

Within the span of 24 hours, skilled truth-twister Chael Sonnen mentioned he knew for positive Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall had a date for his or her heavyweight championship unification bout after which fact-checked himself saying Aspinall is definitely combating another person.

As at all times, Sonnen’s feedback must be taken with greater than a grain of salt.

Belal Muhammad scoffs at Ilia Topuria getting immediate title shot, Islam Makhachev has ‘nothing to gain’ from that fight

Belal Muhammad unsurprisingly backs up his boy Islam Makhachev not anointing Ilia Topuria because the No. 1 contender. And actually, followers are additionally divided on “La Leyenda” receiving an instantaneous light-weight title shot.

Ballot of the Week

We did a promotional draft and requested you to vote on the winner and I can’t consider you individuals.

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